New AAAS Fellow specializes in nuclear nonproliferation

Ted Bowyer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has been elected as a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Bowyer is an internationally recognized expert in nuclear nonproliferation and nuclear physics, specifically the detection of extremely low level airborne radioactive emissions that are definitive signatures for nuclear explosions.

At PNNL, he manages the Nuclear Explosion Monitoring and Policy program for NNSA’s Office of Nonproliferation Research and Development. In addition to performing fundamental and applied research in the development of systems to detect signs of proliferation, Bowyer has served as a scientific advisor on issues related to the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization. He also has served as an advisor to the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.S. State Department, National Academy of Sciences, and at the Conference on Disarmament.

Bowyer is a recipient of the Federal Laboratory Consortium Award for the design of the NNSA-funded Automated Radioxenon Sampler-Analyzer, which detects nuclear detonations by analyzing the atmosphere for traces of radioactive material that seeps from underground nuclear explosions.

Bowyer and others will be honored at a ceremony in February at the AAAS annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada.